XXII.
What aileth the bridegroom? He glares blank and wide; Then suddenly turning he kisseth the bride; His lips stung her with cold; she glanced upwardly mute: "Mine own wife," he said, and fell stark at her foot In the word he was saying.
What aileth the bridegroom? He glares blank and wide; Then suddenly turning he kisseth the bride; His lips stung her with cold; she glanced upwardly mute: "Mine own wife," he said, and fell stark at her foot In the word he was saying.